RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great)

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. AV 5 Roubles (24mm, 6.51 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1782 СПБ. Б · M · EKATEPИHA · II · IMП · ИICAMOД · BCEPOCC ·, crowned and draped bust right; спБ below / IMПРCKАЯ POCCЇЙC MOH · ЦENA ПЯТЬ · P(OУ)Б, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms of Moskva, Kazan, Novosibirsk, and Astrkhan in ornate frames around central imperial Russian coat-of-arms; flowers at angles; 1–7–8–2 in voids. Edge: /////. Diakov 435; Bitkin 80; Severin, Gold 328; Uzdenikov 0150. EF, toned, light adjustment marks across obverse.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.